Wyoming § 31-5-123 Funeral processions; right-of-way; limitations

Wyoming Statutes

§ 31-5-123 — Funeral processions; right-of-way; limitations

Wyoming § 31-5-123

Title 31Motor Vehicles

Ch. 5REGULATION OF TRAFFIC ON HIGHWAYS

Art. 1IN GENERAL

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Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 31-5-123 (2026).

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(a)A funeral procession led by a funeral car or escorted by a police vehicle and displaying flashing lights authorized under W.S. 31-5-928 has the right-of-way in the lane or portion of the roadway upon which it is traveling subject to the following:

(i)The driver of the lead vehicle of the procession shall comply with all traffic control devices except when otherwise directed by a law enforcement officer. Vehicles in the procession displaying headlamps may follow the lead vehicle without stopping at stop signs or traffic signals. Vehicles in the procession shall yield the right-of-way to authorized emergency vehicles;

(ii)Vehicles in a funeral procession shall be driven on the right-hand side of the roadway and, if a laned roadway, in the right-hand lane nearest the right-hand edge of

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(a) A funeral procession led by a funeral car or escorted
by a police vehicle and displaying flashing lights authorized
under W.S. 31-5-928 has the right-of-way in the lane or portion
of the roadway upon which it is traveling subject to the
following:
(i) The driver of the lead vehicle of the procession
shall comply with all traffic control devices except when
otherwise directed by a law enforcement officer. Vehicles in
the procession displaying headlamps may follow the lead vehicle
without stopping at stop signs or traffic signals. Vehicles in
the procession shall yield the right-of-way to authorized
emergency vehicles;
(ii) Vehicles in a funeral procession shall be driven
on the right-hand side of the roadway and, if a laned roadway,
in the right-hand lane nearest the right-hand edge of the
roadway.
(b) Drivers of oncoming vehicles are required to yield the
right-of-way to funeral processions.